Until my computer issues are resolved, I will be updating [rarely] in my old journal.

“Daily gratitudes and attitudes.” Linked in the upper left corner of this journal.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

So Long For Now...

One last message for a while.

I give up! Either I need a new modem or … something. I know nothing about the technical end of these things, and my poor DH knows even less than me, if that is possible. Yesterday, I was convinced that it was the phone jack, because I read an article saying that 56k modems should NOT be connected to a split jack. We have a three-way splitter for phone, fax and the computer. I plugged straight into the phone jack. Nothing. I had to jiggle the cord to get a dial tone, so I said, “I need a new cord!” I got a new cord…no change. So, I plugged in the splitter, and was at least able to get online, only to get knocked off after 4 minutes as usual. The mornings are always the worst. That would lead you to believe that it’s the outside box, because of the fallen dew in the morning. [?] The phone company did a test on the lines, and say they didn’t hear any noise, etc. Of course, I haven’t had a tech out to the house yet. So, believing it was the jack in the computer room, I hauled the whole blessed thing into the kitchen and hooked everything back up and plugged into the jack in here. I got knocked offline in 4 friggen minutes! Grrrrrrr! ::Big-Sigh:: Now I am about to disconnect everything all over again, and haul it back into the computer room. One last resort…I will take the computer to my parent’s house and check it up there. If I’m able to stay connected up there, I’ll know it has something to do with the lines here. [My mom is able to stay online, so there really isn’t any point in going that route.] I was a very happy camper last night, I was able to stay online for as long as 35 minutes! But that isn’t good enough for me. I can stay online, reading journals for hours at a time! Then again - -maybe this is a good thing. Honestly, I’ve been needing to prioritize. If I put as much energy into other things, a lot would get done. Maybe, my neck problems would even get better.

Until I get a new modem, or buy more RAM [AOL live-help says that I don‘t have enough RAM and that is causing the sudden issues.] Y’all won’t be hearing from me as much. I’ll be checking my mail and doing some light surfing, but that’s about it. I hope to be up and running again before the holidays. I hope to have a new digicam by then, too. Maybe by then, we’ll have lots to share with you all! Till then, we’ll miss all of you!

Y’all take care, and be good!